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Erin Murphy
At-large · 4 terms in this record
Erin J. Murphy
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Record at a glance · 2020–2021 Council
How these numbers work
- Counted from the official minutes, for 2020–2021 Council only. Committee meetings and routine votes (adjourning, approving minutes) are not counted.
- Attendance counts the meetings where the minutes list Murphy as present or absent at the start.
- Only votes the minutes record member by member are counted. Voice votes and votes given only as a count (for example 6-3 with no names) are not.
- Percentages are shown only when there are at least 10 meetings or votes to count.
- A split vote is one where at least one member voted yes and another voted no. “In the minority” means on the side with fewer votes; ties are not counted.
- “Whole council” combines every member’s record for the same term.
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- Council seen on verge of okaying $4.9b FY27 budgetDorchester Reporter · Jun 23, 2026
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Attendance
At the start of 3 of 3 City Council meetings in 2020–2021 Council.
Missed none.
Every meeting (3)
- Dec 15, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Dec 8, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Dec 1, 2021 · Regular: Present
Votes where councilors disagreed · 2020–2021 Council
Dec 1Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to…Motion: The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays…Passed 12–1 · Murphy: Yes
December 1, 2021: Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of $8,000,000.00 in the form a grant, awarded by the United States Department of the...
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Baker)..
Voted: Yes
Yes: Arroyo, Bok, Breadon, Campbell, Edwards, Flaherty, Flynn, George, Janey, Mejia, Murphy, O'MalleyNo: Baker
From the minutes
“The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Baker)...”
Votes with no disagreement (10)
From the Boston City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s Legistar meeting calendar (linked from the City Council page on boston.gov). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: City of Boston (boston.gov), from the official headshots on the City Council page. Former councilors show initials.
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